CHRISTINA MACKIE

30 Jan-19 Apr 2026

Overview

Goldsmiths CCA will present the first UK institutional solo exhibition by British artist Christina Mackie (b. 1956, UK) for over a decade. Raised in Canada, the region of Vancouver Island is central to Mackie’s new works, in which she draws on the immutability of the seascapes around her home to reflect on the digital world’s effect on our consciousness, which has become forever unrestful, soothed only by constant change. Her practice has circled subjects including: the environment, ecology, pervasive data, surveillance, analogue vs. digital realities, and science. Featuring newly commissioned paintings and key sculptural works, such as Powder People (2018), previously unseen in the UK, the exhibition articulates Mackie’s ongoing commitment to a practice that encourages slow looking and contemplation.

Over the past forty years, Mackie has engaged with the fundamental way in which we perceive and interact with matter, through a range of media including sculpture, painting, photography, installation, and ceramics. Meticulous and technical, yet emotional and instinctive, her works explore the physical, chemical, and emotive charges of her chosen medium, testing their objecthood and using this matter as both a conceptual tool and a tangible investigation into the natural world.